News – Page 134 – Number 8 Network

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Bob Moffitt leaves school

October 4, 2013October 4, 2013 Annette Taylor 0 Comments Bob Moffitt retires, country schools, Major Blunder, Puketaha School, rural education

Bob Moffitt started school in 1950 as a five-year-old, and never really left. “My wife tells me I’ve been to

Lettuce be friends…

October 3, 2013October 4, 2013 Annette Taylor 0 Comments a frog amongst the lettuce, bell frogs, Julie Starr, Tamahere animals

Look who is hiding amongst the lettuce seedlings. It’s a bell frog, introduced from Australia in the 19th Century. This

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Blessed are the animals

September 30, 2013September 30, 2013 N8N 0 Comments Gordonton St Mary's church, RevDavid Smithson, the blessing of the animals

There may be interesting sights – and sounds – coming from Gordonton’s St Mary’s Church this Sunday as pets of

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Here’s to raw milk

September 30, 2013May 22, 2014 N8N 3 Comments Gordonton's raw milk producer, Graham and Rebecca Barlow, raw milk, Village Milk

The clouds cleared and the crowds kept coming at Graham and Rebecca Barlow’s Gordonton farm for the opening of Village

Fish get free pass

September 30, 2013 N8N 0 Comments fish road underpass, helping native fish, Te Awa O Katapaki Stream, Waikato fish pass

Motorists on River Road aren’t the only ones enjoying a new stream crossing. The journeys of native fish up and

Where Hamilton’s libraries began

September 23, 2013May 7, 2014 Perry Rice 3 Comments Carnegie library, hamilton central libraries, history of Hamilton's first library, Perry Rice

Perry Rice records a special moment dear to the heart of all librarians and bibliophiles. In February 1908 a wonderful